Top edge is dust-stained. Bumped and a bit of shelf wear. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. The jacket is chipped and worn and tape repaired. Preserved in a new Mylar Archival cover now. 112 pages, illustrated with black & white photos and highway maps based on Esso Petroleum Company's eight Road Maps of Britain and Ireland. The book's aim is to assist motorists to see the Cathedrals, Abbeys, Palaces, Castles and houses of special interest in England, Scotland... View more info

No publication information indicated. Circa 1890s. Edge wear and bumped corners. Slight bowing. Rear cover/spine unglued from page block. The double-page panoramic view of the Brooklyn Bridge is separated at the center, leaving the remaining pages loose, as there is no attachment to the rear endpaper (spine unglued as noted above). Some small edge tears to a few pages. This souvenir book offers artistic representations (no photographs) of streets, buildings, and other sc... View more info

Thin ink mark to bottom edge of the page block, possibly a remainder mark, and bumped corners. The dust jacket has some light soiling and is protected now in a Mylar archival sleeve. 167 pages illustrated with drawings by the author and black and white photos. The journey was three months long from England to Katmandu and home again. The route covered France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and through the foothills of the Himalay... View more info

Slightly bumped corners and spine ends. Jacket shows light edgewear, tiny tear at head of spine. Preserved in a protective mylar cover. Comprehensive guide to nearly 300 cruising routes around the world. Essential information winds, currents, regional and seasonal weather. More emphasis is placed on routes in the warmer regions, but routes in the higher latitudes are also extensively covered. The 432-page book is illustrated with 84 maps and diagrams, including the endpa... View more info

Previous ownership greeting inked out on front free endpaper. Also a slight amount of sticker shadow in the top corner. The jacket price-clipped. 154 pages, illustrated with over 80 black & white pictures and eight pages of color. A portrait of Geneva when it was discovered by English visitors between the mid-seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. View more info

Mild edge wear, rubbing and faint staining to the spine of the dust jacket. No tears or chips. The book and its contents are clean and free of any marks. 319 pages. True story of the author's 20th-century pilgrimage to India, to the source of the Ganges, and to Gandhi. A story of adventure and illumination told by a man whom Gandhi renamed Shantidas, or "servant of peace." View more info

Small nick to the top edge of the rear cover, otherwise about fine and a clean copy in a near fine dust jacket. 228-page account of the author's long walk from Chartres, France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, following the famous medieval route that has drawn pilgrims for centuries, all in an effort to raise awareness and money for multiple sclerosis. Illustrated with endpaper maps, drawings and photographs. View more info

Corners bumped and rounded, spine scuffed. Cover showing signs of separation, but still very much intact. Illustrated with photograps and a separate, fold-out color map in a pocket at the back of the book. Colorful cover and drawings throughout by the painter Mario Vellani Marchi. 80 pp. View more info

Travels through the Dolomites--the Alpine regions of northern Italy and western Austria--exploring the history and folkways of the people encountered. 241 pages with Appendix (Accommodations and Food) and Index. View more info

Green cloth with a good bit of rubbing to the spine and edges. Part of the last blank page before the endpapers is torn away. Previous owner bookplate (Richard Baxter Smith) on the verso of the front free endpaper, which he thankfully spared, as the endpapers are illustrated with a nice map of the world voyage that started and ended in Gloucester, Massachusetts. 348 pages, illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. View more info

Front hinge cracked at half-title page, otherwise light wear. Jacket has light edge wear and rubbing and is protected in a new archival sleeve. Classic work of Tibetan travel. The Japanese Bhudist monk Kawaguchi traveled in disguise through Nepal, including Mustang and Dolop, large parts of Tibet and Sikkim. 719 pages, illustrated. View more info

Stiff cardboard covers with thin paper jacket pasted to covers. Stated First Edition. 59 pages with index. A concise little book on the ways and customs of the people and other inhabitants of Nepal. Chapters include the following: Common Courtesy; Do's and Dont's; God Days, Bad Days; On Travelling; Cleanliness and Purification; Mainly About Food, Home Cures; Prenatal Care; Child Care; Mainly About Flora; Animals, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects; Fortune Telling; Signs and O... View more info

Light shelf wear to book, jacket rubbed and edge-worn. 159 pages with Bibliography and Index. Black & white photos illustrate the text. Endpaper maps of Languedoc-Roussillon. A guide for travelers to the South of France between the Pyrenees and the Rhone. View more info

Spine cocked a bit with reading creases. Mild edge wear. Clean copy, no writing or marks. Publisher's promotional piece for the book found inside the front cover with a 1959 date. Tucked inside the rear cover is a folded paper with printed information on the Aztec calendar and guided tour information for the Monument of King Tizoc. 285 pages with Index to Cities and Towns. Illustrated with ads, photos, and drawings. View more info